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This article studies Markovian stochastic motion of a particle on a graph with finite number of nodes and periodically time-dependent transition rates that satisfy the detailed balance condition at any time. We show that under general…

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Rate-based processes comprise an important set of scientific phenomena, as well as an important part of the K12 science curricula. Electric current is one such phenomenon, which is taught in various forms from 4th - 12th grades. Research…

Physics Education · Physics 2018-02-13 Pratim Sengupta , Uri Wilensky

We deal with direct and inverse problems of the calculus of variations on arbitrary time scales. Firstly, using the Euler-Lagrange equation and the strengthened Legendre condition, we give a general form for a variational functional to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-03 Monika Dryl , Delfim F. M. Torres

The Maxwell equations in the presence of sources are first derived without making use of the potentials and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation for classical electrodynamics is written down. The manifestly gauge invariant theory is then quantized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-05 Partha Ghose

In many experimental situations, a physical system undergoes stochastic evolution which may be described via random maps between two compact spaces. In the current work, we study the applicability of large deviations theory to time-averaged…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Vladimir Y. Chernyak , Michael Chertkov , Sergey V. Malinin , Razvan Teodorescu

Solutions of boundary value problems for a diffusion equation of fractional and variable order in differential and difference settings are studied. It is shown that the method of energy inequalities is applicable to obtaining a priori…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-11-22 A. A. Alikhanov

In 1857, Kirchhoff published two seminal papers on the motion of electricity in wires. In that work, he was the first to derive what we now call the telegrapher`s equations, which describes the propagation of electromagnetic signals along a…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Xavier Oriols , Robert Eisenberg , David K. Ferry

The electromagnetic two-body problem has \emph{neutral differential delay} equations of motion that, for generic boundary data, can have solutions with \emph{discontinuous} derivatives. If one wants to use these neutral differential delay…

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We develop first-principles theory of relativistic fluid turbulence at high Reynolds and P\'eclet numbers. We follow an exact approach pioneered by Onsager, which we explain as a non-perturbative application of the principle of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-02-21 Gregory L. Eyink , Theodore D. Drivas

Variational quantum algorithms are a promising tool for solving partial differential equations. The standard approach for its numerical solution are finite difference schemes, which can be reduced to the linear algebra problem. We consider…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-10 N. M. Guseynov , A. A. Zhukov , W. V. Pogosov , A. V. Lebedev

In previous work, we have performed amplitude expansions of the continuum equations for the Grinfeld instability and carried them to high orders. Nevertheless, the approach turned out to be restricted to relatively small amplitudes. In this…

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The recent researches in non equilibrium and far from equilibrium systems have been proved to be useful for their applications in different disciplines and many subjects. A general principle to approach all these phenomena with a unique…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-11-09 Umberto Lucia

We consider a system of partial differential equations which describes steady flow of a compressible heat conducting chemically reacting gaseous mixture. We extend the result from Giovangigli, Pokorn\'y, Zatorska (2015) in the sense that we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-19 Tomasz Piasecki , Milan Pokorny

The Thomas - Fermi equation describing the screening of the Coulomb potential inside heavy neutral atoms is reconsidered. An accurate representation for its numerical solution was obtained by means of the variational principle. The proposed…

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We propose a new mechanism for generating power laws. Starting from a random walk, we first outline a simple derivation of the Fokker-Planck equation. By analogy, starting from a certain Markov chain, we derive a master equation for power…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-12-09 Sabin Roman , Francesco Bertolotti

The Leibniz rule for fractional Riemann-Liouville derivative is studied in algebra of functions defined by Laplace convolution. This algebra and the derived Leibniz rule are used in construction of explicit form of stationary-conserved…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Klimek

Fractional nonlinear differential equations present an interplay between two common and important effective descriptions used to simplify high dimensional or more complicated theories: nonlinearity and fractional derivatives. These…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-05 U. Al Khawaja , M. Al-Refai , Lincoln D. Carr

Levy distributions are involved in many physical phenomenon. The purpose of our study is to understand metal insulator transitions in composite systems using the above distributions. The exact method (EM) based on the calculation of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-04-17 Mohamed Mokhtari , Lotfi Zekri

The variational method is used to study the hard confinement of a two-particle quantum system in two potential models, the Cornell potential and the global potential, with Dirichlet-type boundary conditions at various cut-off radii. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-29 Nataly Rafat sabbah , Mohamed Ghaleb Al-Masaeed , Ahmed Al-Jamel